Updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension.
- Author:
Hae Ok JUNG
1
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Pulmonary hypertension;
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- MeSH:
Arterial Pressure;
Cardiac Catheterization;
Cardiac Catheters;
Hemodynamics;
Hypertension;
Hypertension, Pulmonary
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2010;78(1):1-4
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Pulmonary hypertension is a hemodynamic and pathophysiological condition defined as an increase in mean pulmonary arterial pressure > or =25 mmHg at rest as assessed by right heart catheterization. Clinical conditions of pulmonary hypertension are classified into 6 clinical groups with different pathological, pathophysiological, prognostic and therapeutic features. The treatment strategy is remarkably different among 6 clinical groups. Group 1 (pulmonary arterial hypertension) is the only clinical group with specific drug therapy and an evidence-based treatment algorithm is provided. Following descriptions are about the clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension updated at 4th World symposium of pulmonary hypertension held in 2008.
